Odds&Ends

OPENING PARTY: FRIDAY, MAY 10, 6-9 PM

COLLAGE HAPPY HOUR: THURSDAY, MAY 30, 5-7 PM

Through a series of cuts, welds, and glue, Odds&Ends presents an exhibition of collage works. Referencing both classic and contemporary techniques, the exhibition surveys how traditions have evolved and celebrate the ways artists find to continually reimagine materials.

EXHIBITION PHOTOS

JUROR: John Gutoskey

John Gutoskey is an artist, designer, printmaker, & collector. Early in his career, John worked as a costume designer and as a specialist in costume crafts, where he worked on productions in New York City and across the US in theater, opera, dance, film, and television. He also taught classes in millinery, mask making, and fabric dyeing at the University of Michigan in the Department of Theater. In the 1990‘s, John returned to his studio with a newfound interest in making art on his own terms, and it resulted in an outpouring of new work. Exploring the media of assemblage (through found objects), collage, printmaking, and installation, he was inspired by the works of Joseph Cornell, Betye Saar, Lucas Samaras, outsider art, Art Brut, and religious art to evolve his own unmistakable style: a perfect mirror for his gregarious, highly animated personality. The obsessive collector in Gutoskey met the trained visual artist half-way. John earned his BFA in theater design with a minor in sculpture from Webster University in St. Louis. He earned his MFA from the University of Michigan’s School of Art & Design where he studied printmaking & installation art, and also completed a certificate in LGBTQ Studies. John is the owner of JG Studio and the A2 Print Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

ARTISTS:

Mark Adkins • Lisa Barcy • Morgan Barrie • Théo Bignon • Charles Brenna • Loralei R. Byatt • Kevin Connaughton • Don Coulter • Ben DiNino • Kristen Franyutti • Karen Gallup • Molly Haig • Jarrod Houghton • Darren Houser • Robert Jones • Angela Larson • Candace Law • Gillian Loop • Patrizio Martinelli • Susan Matteson • Heather Mawson • Leighton McWilliams • Timothy Murphy • Natalie Obermaier • Angela Piehl • Amy Lynn Ross • Ajean Ryan • Jaye Schlesinger • Marie Tapert • Rachel E. Thomas • G.E. Vogt • Valerie Wahna • Harris Wiltsher • Larry Zdeb